Gareth Southgate has hinted Harry Maguire could start England’s first game at the World Cup.

The England boss has said he is a big fan of the Leicester City centre-back.

Maguire sat out the friendly win over Nigeria on Saturday with a slight niggle but should be ready to start, alongside fellow City star Jamie Vardy, on Thursday when England take on Costa Rica in their last warm-up game.

Gary Cahill replaced Maguire on the left of the back three against Nigeria and scored, with Southgate saying post-match that the starting line-up at Wembley would "not be far away" from his preferred 11 for Russia.